I dislike it. I think it is immensely bad for college basketball. Fortunately, Hurley has figured out how to use it to our advantage. I'm glad of that but it doesn't change my opinion of the portal in general.
True. But we can't pretend the two aren't linked. In their pure form, both would be fine. But....There’s nothing wrong with the transfer portal. People should be able to come and go where they want. The issue is NIL. What they need to do is not put a penalty on transferring, but incentivize staying in some way. Give them some kind of escalating salary based on how many years they’ve been at the school?
I think we all like it when it helps us and hate it when it hurts us. We have a good coach. He makes sure it doesn’t hurt us. So I generally like it.Transfer portal.
Like it or dislike it.
I know, I know "it isn't that simple" but neither is any mvp voting, grammy voting, favorite pizza place or class president vote: you can only vote for one:This isnt Norway.
Coupled with NIL it has created de facto free agency.How is it bad for college basketball? I would argue forcing kids to stay in situations that they don’t want to be in is worse.
So let them transfer and . . . sit out a year like in the old days. Most likely will have a chilling effect on transferring. Just saying.How is it bad for college basketball? I would argue forcing kids to stay in situations that they don’t want to be in is worse.
Until we're not. Remember we were heading towards trouble during the KO years.I hate it for fans of mid majors but as a UConn fan it plays perfectly to our advantage. As long as we’re in the position to benefit from it I will like it
They were always getting paid. It was called a full college scholarship - probably worth over 175K. What college student wouldn't appreciate that.What I think is troubling is the free agency aspect, once they got rid of the 1 year sit period, and NIL. I don’t blame these athletes looking to get paid, especially those who aren’t NBA prospects.